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D-Link refuses to patch yet another security flaw, suggests users just buy new routers — D-Link told users to replace NAS last week (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 15 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

I mean this is pretty standard in all industries regardless of whether it's a software flaw or a physical flaw in any other kind of product. What's the likelihood of a vacuum manufacturer replacing a part in a 15 year old product that had a 1 year warrantee even if it's a safety issue? Sure the delivery and installation is cheaper with software, but the engineering and development isn't, especially if the environment for building it has to be recreated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 25 minutes ago

This is why a number of countries have laws saying spare parts must be made available for a number of years past being sold. Well beyond what the warranty is.

How is this significantly different?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I work for a manufacturer with part catalogues going back to 1921, and while the telegraph codes no longer work, you could absolutely still order up a given part, or request from us the engineering diagram for it to aid in fabricating a replacement. You can also request service manuals, wiring diagrams, etc. Don't all half-decent manufacturers do this?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

Yes they do, but half decent manufacturers are extremely rare.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Now I wish you'd tell us what the company is so if I ever need anything in that industry, I'd know where to buy from.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 hours ago

Don't all half-decent manufacturers do this?

No. That is phenomenally uncommon. To the point it's almost unheard of.